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Leif Svensson's 1978-1979 season

Points

#11NHL#164

Goals

#13NHL#307

Assists

#6NHL#96

Plus/minus

-1

NHL#206

Games

92% of 80

Defenceman Leif Svensson was 27 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 74 of a possible 80 games and scored 2 goals and 29 assists for 31 points, 0.42 points per game. That was 11th among the Swedes and 164th in the NHL. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1978-1979

Year 1978
48 years ago
NHL debut
October 11
Leif Svensson makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠2 win against Los Angeles Kings
WSHWashington Capitals4–2LAKLos Angeles Kings
Leif was 27 years old · The Forum, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
+1
+/-
One other Swede was on the ice: Rolf Edberg.
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- The game
  WSH4–2LAK
  W
  October 11game 1/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–3AFM
  October 13game 2/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  AFM6–3WSH
  L
  October 14game 3/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -4+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Leif Svensson records his first NHL assist
in the game against Atlanta Flames · October 14
- The game
  CHI4–2WSH
  L
  October 18game 4/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  LAK6–4WSH
  L
  October 20game 5/801
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–5PIT
  L
  October 21game 6/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–2CHI
  October 25game 7/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–5LAK
  L
  October 28game 8/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- November 1978
- The game
  PIT4–6WSH
  W
  November 1game 9/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–4MTL
  L
  November 2game 10/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–4NYI
  L
  November 4game 11/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET3–3WSH
  November 5game 12/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL6–0WSH
  L
  November 8game 13/801
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–6BOS
  L
  November 9game 14/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–0WSH
  L
  November 11game 15/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  AFM7–8WSH
  W
  November 14game 16/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +2 points
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Milestone
Leif Svensson scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Atlanta Flames · November 14
- The game
  WSH3–2MNS
  W
  November 15game 17/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI4–2WSH
  L
  November 17game 18/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–3STL
  W
  November 21game 19/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  STL3–1WSH
  L
  November 22game 20/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 22
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  5
  points
  #13NHL#201
  1
  goals
  #10NHL#224
  4
  assists
  #14NHL#177
  -13
  +/-
  NHL#127
  WSH
  5-12-0W-L-OT13Points
  14th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BOS5–5WSH
  November 25game 21/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–9NYR
  L
  November 26game 22/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–5PIT
  L
  November 29game 23/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- December 1978
- The game
  PIT7–4WSH
  L
  December 1game 24/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–5STL
  L
  December 2game 25/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–10LAK
  L
  December 4game 26/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–1CLR
  W
  December 5game 27/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH7–5VAN
  W
  December 9game 28/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CLR4–3WSH
  L
  December 12game 29/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–5BOS
  L
  December 14game 30/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS6–1WSH
  L
  December 15game 31/803
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  TOR6–7WSH
  W
  December 17game 32/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PHI4–4WSH
  December 19game 33/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  WSH2–5PHI
  L
  December 21game 34/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–2DET
  December 23game 35/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–6MNS
  L
  December 27game 36/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH5–5TOR
  December 30game 37/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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Year 1979
47 years ago
- The game
  LAK3–8WSH
  W
  January 3game 38/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH4–1DET
  W
  January 6game 39/803
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–5CHI
  L
  January 7game 40/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 7
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 80
  14
  points
  #11NHL#178
  1
  goals
  #14NHL#284
  13
  assists
  #7NHL#110
  -16
  +/-
  NHL#130
  WSH
  10-23-0W-L-OT27Points
  14th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PHI5–2WSH
  L
  January 9game 41/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–6BUF
  L
  January 11game 42/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CLR1–8WSH
  W
  January 12game 43/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  VAN3–5WSH
  W
  January 14game 44/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH4–7DET
  L
  January 30game 51/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  LAK3–5WSH
  W
  January 31game 52/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- February 1979
- The game
  VAN5–1WSH
  L
  February 3game 53/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL8–4WSH
  L
  February 4game 54/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH9–3CLR
  W
  February 15game 55/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +5+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH0–2MTL
  L
  February 17game 56/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH6–6NYR
  February 18game 57/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–5AFM
  L
  February 20game 58/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET4–3WSH
  L
  February 21game 59/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–4WSH
  L
  February 24game 60/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  February 24
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
  20
  points
  #11NHL#189
  1
  goals
  #15NHL#311
  19
  assists
  #8NHL#112
  -11
  +/-
  NHL#117
  WSH
  18-33-0W-L-OT45Points
  14th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL8–5WSH
  L
  February 25game 61/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–3LAK
  February 28game 62/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- March 1979
- The game
  WSH6–2VAN
  W
  March 2game 63/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS4–5WSH
  W
  March 4game 64/802
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2WSH
  March 5game 65/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL5–7WSH
  W
  March 10game 66/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  WSH3–3DET
  March 11game 67/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  DET4–1WSH
  L
  March 14game 68/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT5–2WSH
  L
  March 17game 69/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–3BUF
  March 18game 70/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR2–2WSH
  March 20game 71/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH2–2PIT
  March 21game 72/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–3MTL
  L
  March 24game 73/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–7PHI
  L
  March 25game 74/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–6TOR
  L
  March 28game 75/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS4–1WSH
  L
  March 31game 76/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- April 1979
- The game
  NYI4–6WSH
  W
  April 1game 77/803
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  LAK2–6WSH
  W
  April 3game 78/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +5+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–10MTL
  L
  April 7game 79/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PIT2–5WSH
  W
  April 8game 80/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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The season in numbers
April 8
Leif Svensson closes the 1978-1979 season with 31 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
Points
31
#11NHL#164
Games
74of 80
93%
Goals
2
#13NHL#307
Assists
29
#6NHL#96
P/GP
0.42
#11NHL#207
+/-
-1
#7NHL#206
Events
31
career best in points
29
career best in assists
1
First NHL goal
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL assist
4 i rad
games with a point · 6 pts

Leif Svensson makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠2 win against Los Angeles Kings

Leif Svensson records his first NHL assist

Leif Svensson scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Leif Svensson closes the 1978-1979 season with 31 points